KURDISTAN, — Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, has been celebrated today in Diyarbakır, Urfa, Mardin, Elazığ, Bingöl, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt, Çukurova. People took to the streets chanting slogans and calling on the government to act for peace.
Kurdish people in Europe also have celebrated Newroz. Tens of thousand of people met in Dusseldorf. At the march many were the people from Tadort Kurdistan, MLKP, TKİP, TİKB, Antifascist Action, Autonomous Groups, and the left German party Die Linke.
At least 50 thousand people listened to the message from KCK Murat Karayilan who said that “the time has come for Kurdish people to get freedom”. Karayilan underlined that “this is solution time for the Kurdish question.